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Timetable of key dates
Electoral Roll
Voting
Nominations Received (election required)
Declaration of Election Result (where no
election required)
Ward Maps
The Local
Government elections for the Clutha District Council,
Otago Regional Council and the new Southern District Health Board are held every
three years, on the second Saturday in October. In 2010 they are being
held on 9 October 2010.
The
elections will be held by postal vote. The
Clutha District Council and
Otago Regional Council will be elected under the
First Past the Post (FPP) system, while the Southern
District Health Board elections will be conducted under the Single Transferable
Vote (STV) system.
For more information about the Otago Regional
Council elections, please visit
www.orc.govt.nz
For more information about the Southern District
Health Board elections, please visit
www.southerndhb.govt.nz
| Candidate nominations open
and preliminary roll open for inspection. |
Friday 23 July |
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Candidate nominations close |
Friday 20 August at 12 noon |
| Delivery of voting documents |
Friday 17 September - Wednesday 22
September |
| Voting closes at
12 noon. Election day (preliminary results) |
Saturday 9 October |
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Declaration of final results |
Wednesday 13 October - Wednesday 20 October |
Electoral Roll
A copy of the Clutha District Electoral Roll is kept
at each of the following places and is available for public inspection until
Friday the 20th of August 2010 during normal working hours.
Clutha District Council offices and Service Centres
at Balclutha, Milton, Lawrence, Tapanui and Owaka.
NZ Post Ltd agencies at Clinton, Clydevale, Kaka
Point, Kaitangata and Waihola.
Any alterations to the residential roll of electors
should be made:
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by completing the appropriate form at any Post Shop;
or
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by telephoning 0800 ENROLNOW (0800 367 656); or
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by accessing the Electoral Enrolment Centre website
at www.elections.org.nz.
Voting documents will only be sent to those whose
names are included on the electoral roll, and to the postal address given.
Voting
The local authority elections are your chance to
have a say in decisions the council and health board make that affect us all.
You will need to be enrolled to be ale to vote in the election. Click
on the image to the above to check your enrolment details.
The elections will be held by a
postal vote and voting papers will be sent out to all electors between 17 and 22
September. Voting papers must be returned no later than Noon on Saturday 9
October (Election Day).
People who will be out of the
country between the time that papers are posted out and election day will only
be able to vote if their voting papers can be posted to them (by a friend) and
they can get them back in time
Special votes may be
claimed by electors who have lost, spoilt or destroyed their ordinary voting
documents which they have received in the post. Special votes may also be
claimed by persons who have applied to be enrolled but who have not received
their ordinary voting documents in the post.
Special voting
documents may be obtained during normal office hours from Friday 17 September
2010 until 12 noon, Saturday 9 October 2010 from:
Clutha
District Council Main Administration Office
1 Rosebank
Terrace
Balclutha
Phone: 03
419 0200 or toll-free outside Balclutha 0800 801 350
The following elections will be
held in the Clutha
District Council area:
Clutha District Council (First
Past the Post electoral system)
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Election of Mayor
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Election of ONE member for each of the Wards of
Catlins, Clinton, Clutha Valley, Kaitangata and Lawrence/Tuapeka.
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Election of TWO members for the West Otago Ward.
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Election of THREE members for the Bruce Ward.
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Election of FOUR members for the Balclutha Ward.
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Election of SIX members for each of the Community
Boards of Lawrence/Tuapeka and West Otago.
Clutha Licensing Trust (First
Past the Post electoral system)
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Election of ONE member for each of Ward 3 -
Kaitangata, Ward 4 - Lawrence, Ward 5 - Owaka and Ward 6 - Clinton.
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Election of TWO members for Ward 2 – Milton.
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Election of THREE members for
Ward 1 – Balclutha.
Clutha Health Incorporated (First
Past the Post electoral system)
For more information about the Otago Regional
Council elections, please visit
www.orc.govt.nz
For more information about the Southern District
Health Board elections, please visit
www.southerndhb.govt.nz
Nomination
of Candidates - nominations closed at
Noon, Friday 20 August 2010
Nominations received
(where election is required)
Clutha District Council
Notice of Day of Election for
2010 Local Authority Elections
NOMINATIONS RECEIVED
I hereby give notice under
Section 65 of the Local Electoral Act that the following persons have been duly
nominated as candidates for the following offices:
MAYORALTY
Election of Mayor for the
Clutha District
ANDERSON Hamish Crawford
CADOGAN Bryan Alexander
HAYES Cyril Edwin (Juno)
KEITH Barry Allan
COUNCIL
To represent the Balclutha
Ward (four vacancies)
ANDERSON Hamish Crawford
BEGG William Thomas
DALE Graham George
DAVIS Ronald Douglas
(Ron)
EDWARDS Gaynor Alice
(Gaye)
ELLIOT William Michael
(Mike)
HARGEST Christopher Charles
(Chris)
HOLLAND Kaylene Ellen
JOHNSTONE Edith Mary
(Mary)
To represent the Bruce Ward
(three vacancies)
FINCH Gaynor Doreen
KEEN Douglas John
MCCORKINDALE Andrew Bruce
(Bruce)
VOLLWEILER Bruce Peter
To represent the Catlins Ward
(one vacancy)
MCNAB Hilary Joan
THOMPSON William Kevin
(Kevin)
COMMUNITY BOARDS
To represent the
Lawrence/Tuapeka Community Board (six vacancies)
COTTON Roger James
DAVIDSON Geoffrey Thomas
(Geoff)
FARRAND Lou
KENNY Melanie Grace
LANGLEY Rochelle
MCCORKINDALE Garry Ian
PATERSON Rowena Anne
To represent the West Otago
Community Board (six vacancies)
ALDERTON Lindsay John
HANNA Barbara Anne
HERBERT John Stephen
LIETZE Joy Catherine
MCELREA Michael David
ROULSTON Linda Rozel
WINK Suzanne Mary
CLUTHA LICENSING TRUST
To represent Ward 1 Balclutha
(three vacancies)
CROSS George Edward Blair
(Blair)
EDWARDS Doreen
MORRIS Stephen James
(Steve)
VERHEUL Julie Diane
CLUTHA HEALTH INCORPORATED
To represent the Clutha District
(five vacancies)
DODDS Brian Robert
HASLER Joan Mirie
JONES Mervyn Robert
MCCROSTIE Peter Stanley
MOORE Sheila Mae
MOSLEY Irene Edith
PROCTOR Jean Elizabeth
SIMMONS Daniel Henry Springett
WILSON Bruce Hereward
As there are (for each office)
more candidates than there are vacancies to be filled an election will be held
between the listed candidates on Saturday 9 October 2010, under the First Past
the Post electoral system by postal vote.
To view nominations for the Otago
Regional Council and Southern District Health Board, please
click here.
Declaration of Result of Election (where no election is required)
I hereby give notice under
Section 63 Local Electoral Act 2001, that the following persons have been duly
nominated as candidates for the following offices:
COUNCIL
To represent the Clinton Ward
(one vacancy)
COCHRANE John Stuart
To represent the Clutha Valley
Ward (one vacancy)
COWIE Stewart Matthew
To represent the
Kaitangata-Matau Ward (one vacancy)
GRAHAM Bruce Roger
To represent the
Lawrence/Tuapeka Ward (one vacancy)
BLACKMORE Geoffrey John
To represent the West Otago
Ward (two vacancies)
KENNEDY Michelle Lee
MCKENZIE Raymond Jeffrey
(Jeff)
As the number of candidates
nominated for each Ward did not exceed the number of vacancies, I hereby declare
that John Stuart COCHRANE, Stewart Matthew COWIE, Bruce Roger GRAHAM, Geoffrey
John BLACKMORE, Michelle Lee KENNEDY and Raymond Jeffrey MCKENZIE to be elected
to the office of Councillor representing the above named wards of the Clutha
District Council.
CLUTHA LICENSING TRUST
To represent Ward 2 Milton
(two vacancies)
MCELREA David Malcolm
(Malcolm)
To represent Ward 3 Kaitangata
(one vacancy)
ROBERTSON-DUNN Deborah A
To represent Ward 4 Lawrence
(one vacancy)
LYDERS Frederick William Ross
(Ross)
To represent Ward 5 Owaka
(one vacancy)
SCOLES Douglas Edward
(Doug)
To represent Ward 6 Clinton
(one vacancy)
MATHIESON Ian Fullerton
As the number of candidates does
not exceed the number of vacancies for each Ward, I hereby declare that David
Malcolm MCELREA, Deborah A ROBERTSON-DUNN, Frederick William Ross LYDERS,
Douglas Edward SCOLES and Ian Fullerton MATHIESON to be elected to the office of
Member representing the above named wards of the Clutha Licensing Trust.
Dated at Balclutha this 25th
day of August 2010
A W Dickson
Electoral Officer
Clutha District Council
1 Rosebank Terrace
Balclutha 9240
Ward Maps
You can see the general layout of
Clutha District Council electoral wards by
clicking here
For more information on elections
systems, please visit:
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